Review of The Fugitive (1993) by Garrett R — 09 May 2010

THE FUGITIVE is a perfectly excecuted, intense chase thriller. Harrison Ford as the mouse and Tommy Lee Jones as the cat deliver naunced performances that blur the decision the viewer has between antagonist and protoganist. Director Andrew Davis keeps the formula plot played straight and levels the film with awesome action and chase sequences. To be honest, the film's violence isn't all-around brutal. Only the murder intercutted with the opening credits and the finale are fairly brutal.

Harrison Ford as vascular surgeon Harry Kimble is a blessed man: he is passionate with his work as a vascular surgeon, attends charity big-budget fundraisers in sections of his free time, and has a loving wife to call his own. One night, a mysterious man murders his wife (the method in which he does is expanded upon in the film's progression). Distraught, Kimble leaves his fingerprints and body temperatuer all over her, and is consequently convicted in tra court of law of first-degree murder and sent to a maximum security prison. In order for their to be a chase movie, there has to be a first action sequence and escape. One of THE FUGITIVE's most violent scenes occurs on a prison bus (that's all I'll say). So, U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard is brought in and takes over the case with a committment of focus.

For the main two actors to be able to be and to show their characters thinking on the same intellectual level, one would wonder that they could be friends (if one wasn't a fugitive and the other a U.S. Marshal). Ford's and Jones's common traits are determination and unrelenting search for justice. It's a wonder to see Ford's Kimble slowly open Gerard's eyes to see who the real killer of his wife is.

Director Andrew Davis delivers a formula plot of an innocent citizen accused and sentenced to a crime he didn't commit, and turns it into a compulsively watchable chase that never lets up on the realistic action goods. THE FUGITIVE's storytelling editing is executed perfectly, so practically anyone who wants to see this film can follow it through the whole way without once scratching their head. Seeing brief roles of Julianne Moore as a doctor and Jane Lynch as a fellow surgeon of Kimble's is cool.

If you'd like to see a perfectly executed, intense chase thriller, see THE FUGITIVE. Chase movies don't come better or more gratifyingly awesome than this, thanks to the two ace turns of Ford and Jones and more than enough awesome action sequences. Be ready for more Critiques and Opinions on Every Game and Movie I Can Get My Hands On!